CityLink Disrupts a Community Meeting

Kathleen Norris, lobbyist for CityLink & The Empowerment Zone was paid to disrupt community meetings.

I will have more commentary on CityLink, Crossroads Community Church, and the Cincinnati Empowerment Corporation tomorrow. Kathleen Norris represented all three. This is a picture of her unplugging the microphone and disrupting our community meeting in December.

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And now, the rest of the story...

The December Meeting was a memorable event.

At least two people in attendance were getting paid by The Cincinnati Empowerment Corporation to support the CityLink Center, lobbyist Kathleen Norris and West End President Dale Mallory.

The December meeting was planned by Dale Mallory and Mark Stecher of CityLink. The plan was to have Dale Mallory start the meeting and announce that no vote would be taken. This would be followed by a presentation by Larry Harris (thanks Larry!) on why CityLink is a good idea that conformed with the West End Comprehensive Plan. After that presentation, everyone was invited enjoy the food (catered by Junebugs (board of the C.E.C.), and the drinks and cookies (catered by CityLink.)

CityLink planned our meetings. They catered our meetings. Crossroads Community Church asked their congregation to attend our meetings and applaud for CityLink. The Cincinnati Empowerment Corporation paid off our community council President for CityLink. Some people were paid to pass out pro CityLink material. And that witch Kathleen Norris was paid to unplug the microphone and disrupt our community meeting just as we were taking a vote of opposition on CityLink.

Dale started out the meeting and told us we couldn’t vote. People demanded to vote. They had already been denied a vote in October and November. Dale said there would be no vote and introduced Larry Harris to explain why CityLink was such a great idea. Nobody wanted to hear Larry Harris (thanks Larry!) shill for CityLink, they wanted to vote. People demanded the vote. Larry Harris got his panties in a bunch, and Dale Mallory decided to close down another meeting without a motion to adjourn. Dale just walked out.

Nobody left with Dale, the members of the council stayed put to reorganize and vote, Dale or no Dale. With Dale out, Shirley Colbert came forth to run the meeting.

Out of nowhere comes this blonde witch, Kathleen Norris. Norris unplugged the mic and stood in front of the outlet holding it in her hand. The picture above is actually a few moments later, when a Cincinnati Police Officer came over and instructed her to plug the mic back in. A pro-CityLink lobbyist paid for by the Cincinnati Empowerment Corporation was doing this at our December meeting. It happened, and you can view the photo above.

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Thanks Larry!

A question for Larry Harris: were you getting paid? Everyone else was getting a check. If I was Larry, I would be ticked off if I found out I was the only one there who wasn’t getting paid. Even Nate Livingston can’t stand the fact that he was shillin for free when everyone else was on the payroll.

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Memory Lane

This photo was taken from the NoToCityLink.com media archive. They have archived other articles on the December meeting to help you stroll down memory lane.

Community votes against center

"We are going ahead with our plans," said Rodger Howell, executive director of CityCure, one of the five social service agencies planning the center. "The city zoning allows us to build the center. It doesn't matter what the council says."

That was the only time to date that CityLink has been honest with us.

West End can't stop mall
CityLink Center would serve addicts, ex-cons, homeless

"Once they buy the property, no one has the authority to stop them.," said CityLink supporter Dale Mallory, president of the West End Community Council and brother of Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory.

"Howell estimates CityLink will serve 35,000 to 40,000 people a year."

"Mayor Mallory has declined to answer questions about the project, calling it a "neighborhood issue."

Tensions Flare Over CityLink Center Plans

Watch the video